Awning window



A. BRENNER AWNING WINDOW Sept. 29, 1959 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Sept. 9, 1957 uvwmox AL BRENNER FIG.6

ATTORNEY A. BRENNER Sept. 29, 1959 AWNING WINDOW 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Sept. 9. 1957 INVENTOR. AL BRENNER FIGQ AT TORNEY United States Patent is AWNING WIND'OW Al.Brenner,..Miami Beach, Fla.

amp ification-September 9, 1957, Serial No. 682,816

I .2. Claims. ..(Cl..-20.42)

. This-invention relatesto awning "windows and is more 'particularly -directed toalocking -mechanisms for awning windows.

\ -In' my Patent -No; 2,693,622 entitled-'Awning Window Structure, I show and describe an -awning window'whose vents may-be swung totheir'closed-and'aintight position in spite of'the failure of thevents to arrive simultaneously to--their closed positions on the' window frame) ln'sthis windowl provide a slidable'rather than a' 'fixed'pivotpin for 1 the--' ventlinks with a resilient member yieldingly urging the -pivot-pinsto-a"position at thelower portion 'of the 'pivotpin housing so that asthe first vent arrives atits closed' position; the resilient member "becomes com- "pressed to-permit-thedother vents .to arrive at their closed positionb- In this'manner'; thedinkageiof'first vent that was closd 'is-notplacedhnder an nndu'e st'rainor stress.

.Thepresent'"invention contemplates; the; further improvement of theaforesaidf awning window. by providing 1. -a-lockin'g device: forlocking the awning window when the vents are closed.

"""Thei'efore, a"priincipal;objectiof the present invention is toprbvide an awning; window with .vents which are "locked to the' window frame ".when .the .vents are brought to their closed'position.

"'AnotherLobject of thepresent invention is totprovide "an-awning window with a locking mechanism which is simple and inexpensive. in construction and. readily J; mounted in the window frame.

Astill furtherobj'ecfo'f the present invention is to pro- -Lvide'a locking device forawning'windows whichutilizes the vertical sliding movement'of the vents-to lock same,

which. movement is necessary tofbring" all .the-vents to t their closed position.

7; IWith' .these and other ,objects in view; the .-inve'ntion "'fwillt be best understood from..a.,considerationiottheifollowing. detailed des' criptionltakii in .connection =with-the accompanying drawingsfoiming atpartoflthis specification; with the understanding, however, that the invention is not confined to any strict conformity with the showing of thet-draw ingobut mayebe,changedtornmodified so long as such changes or .modificationsmarkmo material departure from thes'alient features of the invention as ex w-spressedin the appended-claims.

aln: the drawings:

iEigure l is aperspective view ofan awning-' wi'ndow 'c iwhich-embodiesmyinvention showing its vents in'a closed e position.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal eross-seetional'view taken -along' the =line-2--2- ofiFigure-l-w-ith the ventsshown in -their 'clo'sed and lockedposition.

Figure 3 is a similar view with the vents in their closed but unlocked position with the dotted lines showing the position of the vents when in the open position.

Figure 4 is an enlarged detail view of the locking mech anism.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary view of locking mechanism shown when the vents are closed but unlocked as shown by Figure 3.

2,905,981 Patented Sept. 29, 1959 2 Figure 6 is afragmentaryelevational view 'showing :the' lockingmechanism after 'thevent is closed andprior to'its becoming locked. *Figure 7' is' a'transverse sectional vievi of thewin'dow 5' frame showingthe locking mechanism in'the locked position as shown in elevationby'Figur'e 2.

Figure 8 is a perspectiveview'ofa ventcatch.

Figure 9 is a'modified construction of the ventcatch :tadapted to be. used onfeiiher jamb of a window frame. 10 Referring: to thetdrawingswherein like numerals are ':'used toudesign'ate similar parts throughout the-several views, the numeral 10 refers to an awning window having a plurality-of vertically swingable vents 11 in a frame; 12; although the-awning window 10 shown'has 15 onlyv three vents'll, any numberiofventsnmay-be .pro-

'vided as will be readily ascertainedw uponan understand- .ing' of the presentv invention.

" The frame 12 is provided .with vertical. jambs 13v along .which a slide. bar .14 is slidablysmountedtandzheld in approximately .closed contact relationshipwith the inner surfaces of the .jambs' 13 by guide brackets not..shown. "';The vent's"11"are-each provided with frames .16.having side wall's17 along which are securedhinge-tmembers ""19 which extend beyond .the ,top'edge of the ventframes 16. The free-ends of the .hinge members 19. are pivotally secured to the slide bars 14 by pivot pins 20.

' At the lower end of the hingemembersy19, a-pivot .piri' 2,1 pivotallyt mounts one-.end of a;vent. link 22 .whose lower end '18 extendsthrougha .slot 23 inetheswindow pfram'f 12. A housing 24 is secured to.theface ofi-s=the 1' frame" 12 by.screws 25::enclosing..the.slot23nandtthe free end 18'of the.vent link 22. Means are-provided for preventing-the free=-.end-. 18 from being pulled-.through 1 the slot23scomprising a bore 28throughswhichatransverse pin'29 extends in contact relation with tthenface of the: frame 12 mounted withinathe-housinge24; iAbove "...-the'.pin 29 is .a coil spring.30.positioned-betweentithe top. pbrtionofthehousing 24and a springsupportmembei'i 31.-.slidably mounted. inthe housing and secured. to

.the pin 29 -to.slide therewith.

Means. areprovided for openingsandxclosingtthe wants 1.. comprising. .an. operator handle 32 -mounted om anaoperatorhousing 27 secured to the? inner; wall. ofzth'e' frame .-12; in which housing '27 a segmenttgear (not showri) is *pivotally: mounted. inrmesh: engagementxwith a gear :secured to the handlel'32. -Thesegment gear is'proVided vctwith a power 31111 33- at whose -free -end a'pin"34 is securelymounted. Thepin 34 is slidably'positioned in a slot 35 formed in a crossshaft lever 36 whose lower 1end is secured to a cross shaft 37. Thecross shaftwex- -tendsalon'g the sill of the window frameIZto'the .jambs '-"13where.the ends are normally journalled. crosstshaft narms36'which are secured at one end to-eacheend of the cross. shaft '37 -.are.-pivotally:r attached as 211F383 to :the

..-lower..end of alink "39 whose :uppertend is secured by a pivot pint-40 to the-: slide "bar -14.; Ihe :pivot pin 40 :also pivotallty mounts the hingeimembers 1 9 of-the lower v-vent- L1 to; the 'slidelbar 14.

i It is"readily-.seen that upon the actuation of the'oper- :;atornhandle" 32 to open' thevents 11,the power 'armi33 swings-ontwardlyof the window frame"'12 causing the cross-Sh'aft arrfi--36 to likewise swing outwardly .and-t-he z-cross'shaft 37torotate thereby'effecting a" similar swing 5 movement of the other cross shaft arm 36. The outward swinging movement of the cross shaft arms 36 compels the links 39 and the slide bars 14 to slide downwardly and carrying along the pivot pins 20 which pivot the hinge members 19 of the vents 11 to the slide bars 14.

As the slide bars 14 continue to slide downwardly, the

vents 11 are swung opened with the vent links 22 pivoting on their pivot pins 29 and their upper ends swinging away from the window frame 12.

In the closing of the vents 11, the reverse operation occurs. The slide bars 14 slide upwardly carrying the hinge members 19, pivot pins 20 and causing the vent links 22 to swing back toward the window frame 12. When the vents 12 have first reached their closed positions simultaneously, the operating mechanism will have assumed the position shown by Figure 3 and all of the vent frames 16 will have come into approximate contact with the window frame 12. As the opera.or 32 is continued to be rotated, the cross shaft arm 36 will continue to swing inwardly and the slide bar 14 will slide upwardly carrying the pivot pins 29 and hinge members 19 along. Since the vents 11 were in their closed posi tion, the vents 11 have ceased swinging inwardly, but the vent links 22 now slide upwardly since their pivot pins 29 are not fixed, but rather slide upwardly with the vent links 22 against the spring pressure 36. In Figure 4 the distance between the solid lines and the dotted lines indicate the amount of vertical sliding movement of the vents 11 along the frame 12.

This sliding movement is used to lock the vents 11. At the lower edge portion of the side frames of each of the vents 11 there are provided locking pins 42 which extend in the direction of the window frame 12. The pins 42 are secured in the vent frame 17 by threading the pins 42 in bores formed in the vent frame 17. Mounted on the window frame 12 adjacent the slide bars 14 are latch plate members 43 consisting of a base portion 44 having a bore 45 for securing the member 4-3 with a screw 46 to the frame 12. At one end of the base portion 44 there extends a shoulder 47 at right angle thereto and along the opposite side a slide bar guide is mounted thereon. The slide bar guide consisting of leg portions 48, a side wall 49 extending from the base portion 44 with a wall 50 joining the legs 48 and wall 49 to form an arch for the slide bar 14 as is best shown by Figure 7.

As is readily noted by Figures and 6, the locking pins 42 are mounted on the vent frames 16 in close proximity of the latch plate members 43 which are secured to the inner portion of the window frame 12. Their relative positions, as indicated by Figures 5 and 6 occur when the vents 11 have been first brought to their closed position, prior to any upward vertical movement of the vents 11 which occurs when the operator 32 is actuated to further close the vents 11. This same relative position is shown by the dotted lines in Figure 4. Now as the operator 32 is actuated to further close the vents 11, the vents 11 will commence to slide upwardly as caused by the vent links 22 which compress the coil springs 30 until the position as shown by the solid lines is assumed. At this position, the locking pins 42 will have slid upwardly behind the shoulders 47 thereby preventing any swinging movement of the vents 11 if an external pulling force were applied on the lower portion of the vents 11.

In order to open the vents, the operator handle 32 is rotated in a reverse direction, the slide bars 14 slide downwardly carrying along with them the vent links 22 which are under spring pressure 30 and the vents 11. The vents 11 and the vent links 22 will slide downwardly until the lower ends 18 of the vent links 22 engage the bottom portion of the housings 24 as shown by the dotted line position. At this time the vent locking pin 42 has moved downwardly from behind the shoulder 47 to a position clear of the latch plate member 43 as shown by the dotted line position of the locking pin 42. Any

further actuation of the operator handle 32 will cause the vents 11 to swing outwardly to their open position.

Since the shoulders 47 must be positioned at the lower portion of the latch plate members 43 when mounted in position on the window frame 12, the member 43 as shown by Figure 5 can be used only on the right jamb 13 while the member 43 shown by Figure 8 can be used only on the left jamb 13.

A universal latch plate member 51 is shown by Figure 9. This member 51 can be used on either jamb of a window frame and is of identical construction as the member 43 except that there is provided a pair of shoulders 52 and 53 mounted on both upper and lower sides of the base portion 44. When the latch plate member 51 is mounted on the right jamb of a window frame, the shoulder 52 is adapted to become engaged by the locking pin 42 while the other shoulder 53 is superfiuous, while when mounted on the left jamb, the shoulder 53 is engageable by the locking pin 42 while the shoulder 52 becomes superfluous. If desired, the lowermost vents 11 of the Window 10 may be provided with herein described locking devices 42, 43.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new is:

I. An awning window having a frame, a slide bar slidably mounted along said frame, a vent, pivot means pivotally mounting said vent to said slide bar, a vent link, pivot means securing one end of said vent link to said vent, slidable pivot means securing the other end of said vent link to said frame, resilient means mounted on said slidable pivot means urging said slidable pivot means in one direction, a locking pin mounted on said vent and extending in a direction of said frame, latch plate means mounted on said frame above and adjacent to said locking pin and extending in the direction of said vent whereby upon the closing of said vent and the further sliding of said slide bar against said resilient means said locking pin slides upwardly and behind said latch plate means, engaging said latch plate means and locking said vent.

2. An awning window having a frame, a slide bar slidably mounted on each side of said frame, a plurality of vents mounted in a tier on said frame, pivot means pivotally mounting said vent to each of said slide bars, vent links, pivot means securing one end of each of said vent links to said vents, slidable pivot means securing the other end of said vent links to said frame, resilient means mounted on said slidable pivot means urging said slidable pivot means in one direction, a locking pin mounted on each side of said vents and extending in the direction of said frame, latch plate means mounted on said frame above and adjacent to each of said locking pins and extending in the direction of said vents whereby upon the closing of said vents and the further sliding of said slide bar against said resilient means said locking pins slide upwardly and behind said latch plate means, engaging said latch plate means and locking said vents.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 421,381 Burgess Feb. 18, 1890 648,471 Voight May 1, 1900 1,895,312 Dietz Jan. 24, 1933 2,661,506 Tracy Dec. 8, 1953 2,693,622 Brenner Nov. 9, 1954 2,718,676 Donovan Sept. 27, 1955 2,750,635 Soule June 19, 1956 2,766,491 Wiley Oct. 16, 1956 e... ag M 

